Translation of meaning: Reported on the authority of Salman Al-Farsiy, he said: I came to RasulAllah ﷺ with a bowl of bread and meat. He [ﷺ] said, “What is this, o Salman?” I said: Charity [Sadaqah]. So he [ﷺ] did not eat it, and said to his companions, “Eat”. Then I came to him [ﷺ] with a bowl of bread and meat; and he [ﷺ] said, “What is this, o Salman?” I said, “Gift”, and he [ﷺ] ate and said, “We eat gifts [gifted food] and we do not eat charity [food given in charity].”[1] He [Salman] said: I said, “O RasulAllah [ﷺ], what do you say about the christians?”. He [RasulAllah ﷺ] said, “O Salman, there is no good in the christians nor in those who love them (are fond of them / bear affinities to them) [RasulAllah ﷺ said it thrice] except the one[s] upon the like of your companion’s religion.” He [Salman] said: And I knew that my companion was upon the [true] religion of ‘Eisa [‘alaihis salam]; meaning the priest who accompanied Salman.

Translation of meaning: It is reported on the authority of Salman [al-Farsiy] radzi Allahu ‘anhu regarding his Islam, he said: When the Prophet ﷺ came to Madinah, I made food and went [to him] with it. The Prophet ﷺ said, “What is this, o Salman?”. I said, “Charity [Sadaqah]”. Then he [ﷺ] said to his companions, “Eat” and he [ﷺ] did not eat. Then I went back until I [again] made food and went to him [ﷺ] with it and he [ﷺ] said, “What is this, o Salman?”. I said “Gift”, and he [ﷺ] broke it with his hand and ate and said to his companions, “Eat”. I [Salman] said: O RasulAllah, inform me about the christians?. He said, “There is neither any good in them nor in those who love them.” Then I [Salman] got up anxious, and Allah ‘Azza wa Jall sent the verse {Indeed, you shall find the jews and the idolators as the staunchest in enmity to the believers [i.e., Muslims]} until {spilling over with tears [5:82-83]} So I [Salman] headed to RasulAllah ﷺ and he said to me, “O Salman, Indeed your companions are the ones Allah has mentioned [in the verse].”